... of meeting new words and, importantly, their chances of meeting them repeatedly. It is important that language courses include an extensive reading component, since the number of words intermediate and advanced learners need to know is larger than direct instruction can tackle. However, direct vocabulary instruction ... fluent, automatic processing. Research has also shown that readers acquire new word meanings as a result of the technique (Leung & Pikulski, 1990). The method seems likely to also be useful in helping beginning L2 learners to achieve reading fluency (especially if L1 and ...

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... instruction been so strongly associated because evidence based on neuro-imaging may help determine the most effective ways to teach. The belief that movement improves learning is an innermost component to overall brain-based learning-the theory that one best learns when one experiences educational material in a manner that agrees with the natural tendencies of the brain, rather ... understanding of course content by imparting a classroom environment that encourages physical, emotional, and social aspects, while adjusting the focal point of the classroom from teaching to learning. One me...

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... react to the other extreme and take what has been said as a plea or some sort of disguised imposition from outside" (1916, p.31). Dewey's philosophy of education clearly carried the component that defined education as a social function. According to Jackson (1998) Dewey pointed out that what the best and wisest parent wants for their children is what the larger community must ... Practitioner" (1990), and "Excellence by Design" (1998), Schon makes frequent references to this distinction, contending that technical rationality offers little, if any, assistance to the practitioner. "Organi...

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